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Check corn nitrates before ensiling By: Jeff Caldwell 08/15/2012 @ 10:18am

The drought's had nitrates moving up in many corn stalks out there, and if you're feeding drought-stressed corn silage, it's important to test it for ...

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Feeder placements slip on better pasture By: Dow Jones Newswires 06/18/2013 @ 3:02pm

Analysts project cattle placements, or the number of young cattle entering feedyards, in May were below the ...

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Hog disease continues its spread By: Dow Jones Newswires 06/17/2013 @ 4:26pm

The number of confirmed cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus continues to expand in the U.S., with 46 new ones ...

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Now is the time to control files in cattle By: Agriculture.com Staff 06/11/2013 @ 1:56pm

One of the best ways to keep cattle healthy and gaining pounds in hot weather is to control flies, a Purdue Extension beef specialist says.Heavy populations of flies can cause stress in cattle herds and spread ...

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Feed costs, supply top hog farmer worries By: Jeff Caldwell 06/05/2013 @ 3:08pm

The hog business has been profitable in the last few months since USDA released a bearish Grain Stocks report in late March and grain prices started to slide. But, a lot's happened between then and now ...

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Pork group tackles new disease threat By: Agriculture.com Staff 06/05/2013 @ 10:37am

The National Pork Board has approved $450,000 in checkoff funds to direct research on a new disease threat facing the pork industry -- porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The announcement came less than ...

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Pork profits hinge on 2013 corn, soybean crops By: Jeff Caldwell 06/04/2013 @ 11:23am

As the global hog industry converges in Des Moines, Iowa, for the annual World Pork Expo this week, there's a new profit outlook that shows Mother Nature is in complete control of whether or not the ...

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Smithfield pros & cons for farmers By: Jeff Caldwell 05/30/2013 @ 4:05pm

It's the largest merger ever of its kind in agriculture. But how the acquisition of Smithfield Foods by Shuanghui, a large Chinese pork producer, will ultimately affect U.S. hog farmers is largely unclear ...

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